Reversible bonnet



a variety of crown sizes.

Patented Jan. 9, 1945 -UNIT-ED/STATES' PATENT. OFFICE."

. Rnv'riasmm BONNET "Isador Tu'rc'hin, Brooklyn, Application April 12, 1944, Serial No. "530,676

. 1c1aim; (01. 2-198) This invention is concerned with headgear and, more particularly, with women's. bonnets. One of the main objects of the invention is to produce a womans bonnet which is readily washable and easily ironed. Another object is to produce such a headgear which is reversible.-

It is also an object of the invention: to produce a headgear of this nature which is adjustable to An important feature of the inventicnis the fact that when the he'adgear is stretched out fiat, as it is possible to do, all projecting parts such as buttons and the like may be removed therefrom so'that they can not interfere with the ironing. Other objects will become apparent from the specification which follows and from the accompanying drawing illustrating the device.

This application is an improvement on my prior patent, No. 2,312,606, issued March 2, 1943. As was pointed out in that patent, one of the conditions of a perfect fit is the equal length of the rear edges of the main body portion and the side edges of the rear flap. This condition has been preserved in the present case. A second condition mentioned in'the aforesaid patent was that the angle between the rear edges of the main body portion and the side edges or the rear flap be obtuse. This condition is omitted in the present case mainly because of the reversal of the curvatures of these edges. In'fact, the angle between the rear edges of the main body portion and the side edges of the flap is now, preferably, somewhat acute. The third condition specified in the aforesaid patent, namely,'the resiliency of the means connecting the end ofthe flap with the ends of the main body portion, is changed to one which greatly improves the device inasmuch as, inthe present case, no buttons or any.

other projecting part is allowed to interfere with the absolute flatness of the stretched out material of the bonnet. While in the older case the ends of the inain body portion and the end of the flap were removably connected by resilient means, in the present case, the resilient means ure 3 is a perspective side view of a bonnet formed from the pattern shown in Figure 1.

, Figure 4 is a rear view of the same bonnet. Figures 5 and 6 are details showing. two forms of the elastic connectors used in the construction of the bonnet. 1

Referring tothe figuresin detail, I and 2 are basic pattern consists of the frontedge 5, lateral edges 6, and rear edges 6' of the main body portion, and the sid edges 1 of the rear flap 4. All these edges are turned over seams with invisible stitches. At the open end of the flap 4 are a couple of button holes 8 for th passage of a button or .an equivalent element therethrough, these two button holes defining a bridge 9 therebetween. The rear edges 6 of the main body portion 3 are curved inwardly, while the edges 1 of .the fiap 4 are curved outwardly. The curvature of these inwardly and outwardlycurved edges is substantially the same, and so is the ing through the eyes of the buttons I 0 and closed asby means of a metal clip l2. In Figure 6, is showna variant of the elastic link, being now an elastic band [4 joined to the buttons II! by passing it through the familiar boss in the rear of the buttons l3 and prevented from escaping by a thickening of the ends of the band or by stops such as small pegs 15. In Figures 5 and 6 the buttons are shown on the reverse side.

, The connection between the ends of the main body portion 3 and the end of the flap 4 is effected by passing one of the buttons l0 through a button hole 8', passing the elastic cord ll. together with the second button I0 through one of the button holes 8, over the bridge 9, and

through the second button hole 8, and, finally, passing the second button l0 through the button hole 8 in the other end of the main body portion 3;

When the connectin link II is elastic, it is suificient to have but one button hole at each end of the main body portion 3, but if the link ll isnon-elastic adjustability of the connection for different crowns may be established by selectively using one of a multiplicity of button holes such as the pair indicated in Fig. 1 and designated by the numerals 8', 8".

ture of the edges 6' and l are such that the gaps between these edges in the assembled bonnet are so slight as to constitute no appreciable break in the head covering.

As in my aforesaid prior patent, this headgear is reversible, i. e. either the fabric l or the fabric 2 may be the outer side of the headgear. This feature, again, permits a variety of'color contrasts, especially when the front portion of the pattern is folded over to change the bonnet into a hat.

Ordinarily, fabrics have a finished surface on one side only. This is why, to produce a reversible headgear, at least two superimposed fabrics I and 2 are used. But there are fabrics which have a finished surface on both sides. With such fabric, it is not necessary to use more than one layer, and one of the two fabrics I and 2 may be omitted in this case.

Nor is it necessary that the fabrics be washable to make use of the present invention. Any material may be used which may cleaned and pressed. For instance, straw, which is not exactly washable, but may be cleaned, is well adapted for a headgear such as here described. The troubles of blocking would be eliminated in using the present invention for bonnets made of straw, in which case only one layer would be used.

When more stiffness is desired, a third layer of fabric may be interposed between the layers I and 2. It should also be noted that the here shown form of the front edge is purely illustrative and that various other forms are quite as compatible with the purpose of the present invention as the form here shown. A multitude of other variations in the details of the construction readily suggest themselves and need not be enumerated here, such as the use of other terminal elements for the connecting means in lieu of buttons.

What I claim is set forth below:

A reversible headgear of adjustable crown size made of a Washable material finished on both sides and comprising a main elongated body portion and a rear flap integral therewith and extending centrally therefrom, the edges of said flap converging to a point along convex lines, and the rear edges of said main body portion being equal in length to the edges of said flap 'and curved to form concave lines of a curvature corresponding to the curvature of said convex lines, a button hole at each end of said main body portion, a pair of similar button holes at the end of said flap defining a bridge therebetween, and detachable connecting means between the ends of said main body portion and the end of said flap comprising a pair of buttons, each button passing through a button hole in the main body portion and an elastic link passing through one of said button holes in said flap over'said bridge and through the other one of the button holes in the flap and connected with said buttons.

ISADOR TURCHIN. 

